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BERNHARD BARON, oF NEw'YoRK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,840, dated August6, 1895.

Application led January 29,1895, Serial No. 536,557. (No model.)

To 'all whom ibm/tty concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNHARD BARON, a

- citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and Stateof NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigarette-Machineaof which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to manufacture a continuouscigarette-rod. and cigar ettes therefrom without first molding thetobacco into a rod and without the use. of conveyer tapes and belts, andto this end my invention consists of an apparatus constructed andoperating as fully set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation in partsection of an apparatus for making cigarettes embodying mylimprovements, and illustrating the parts for condensing the tobacco inthe wrapper. Fig. 2 is a plan of part of the devices shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 1a is a sectional view showing the parts for folding and cementingthe wrapper. Fig. 2a is a plan of Fig. 1a. Figs. 3, 4, 5, -6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, and 12 are enlarged cross-sections upon the lines bearing thecorresponding numbers, Figs. 1, 2, 1a,and 2. Fig. 13 is a perspectiveView of a different form of compressor-wheel.

The frame of the machine is of any suitable construction to support theoperating parts, and is provided with a top or table A, over whichtravels the upper portion of a continuous band B, which band is carriedby grooved wheels C C, one or both of which may be driven, and in thetop of the band is preferably a permanently-formed longitudinal recessor groove, the central deepest portion of which is curved to correspondto a half-circle,the remaining portion of the groove having flaringfaces, as shown. The said traveling band may consist of any suitablematerial-as, for instance, links of metal forming a chain-but ispreferably of rubber vulcanized as hard as may be and yet securesuflcient iexibility for the band to bend around the supporting-wheels.The band travels between side guides 3 3 upon the top of the table abovea longitudinal opening 0c, so vasto reduce friction to the movement ofthe band, and suitable bearings above the top -form tothe groove in theband and is held in position thereon by means of inclined plates 414,carried by brackets 5, and extending into the groove of the banddirectly above the flaring faces thereof, with sufficient interveningspace for the sides of the wrapper, the said plates extending beneaththe tobaccofeeder E and beneath the com pressing-wheels hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings I illustrate simply the position of the feeder and notits construction. Inasmuch. as the feeder may be of any suitableconstruction, one construction, which has proved to be operative, isillustrated in my application, Serial No. 491,215, filed November 17,1893. The construction in any case is such that the tobacco is regularlyand uniformly fed onto the plates 4 4, which direct thesame ontothecurved face of the wrapper y between the edges of the plates 4 4, sothat the tobacco will be carried forward with the wrapper. Y

In order to condense and consolidate the tobacco prior to the folding ofthe wrapper around the same and forma suitable filler within the foldedwrapper, I make use of a number of condensing-wheels, which may beconstructed and arranged as I will now describe.V

The first wheel F is mounted vertically above the band B and above theplates 4 4, and has a transversely at face a, which bears upon thetobacco, so as to collect and force into the main body of the same theVloose fibers at the top. From the wheel F the tobacco passes to aposition between the faces IOO G G are in proximity the tobacco iscarried beneath the grooved edge of avertical wheel 1l, the groove inwhich preferably is of such a shape as to form a circle with the groovein .the face of the band B, and the tobacco is thus condensed andconsolidated to the dimensions of the liller of the completed cigarette.Inasmuch, however, as the tobacco is liable to swell after leaving thewheel II and before the wrapper can be fully wrapped around it, I preferto further condense the same before wrapping it, and to this end I makeuse of an additional compressing wheel or wheels-as, for instance, twoinclined wheels I I-which meet above the grooved band and haveinclinedfaces c and grooves e in their edges and so arranged that the faces cwill meet while the grooves e will form parts of a circle less indiameter than the diameter of the filler, which is thereby compressedand consolidated to a diameter less than its normal diameter. From thewheelsI the tobacco and its wrapper pass upon the traveling band B tothe wrapping devices, which may be differently constructed, but whichpreferably are of the construction which I will now describe.

Upon the table A, beyond the ends of the plates 4, which terminatebeyond the wheels I, are supported two bars J J, the face w of the bar Jforming practically a vertical eX- tension of one side of the curvedgroove in the band B from the end of the bar adjacent to the wheels I toa point e, where a projection G from the bar overhangs the groove in theband, as shown in Figs. 2 and l2. Near the end of the bar J nearest thewheel K is a projection 7, which extends over the filler, the saidprojection continuing to a point u. After the wrapperpasses from beneaththe ends of the plates 4 4t, it is turned up at one side to a verticalposition bearing against the face w of the bar J, and at the other sideit first encounters a folding-wheel K, having an edge groove l0, whichmeets the edge of the paper and folds it over o nto the filler, and fromthis wheel K the inturned edgeis carried to and beneath the overhangingprojection 7. (See Fig. 9.) From beneath the projection 7 the infoldededge of the wrapper passes beneath the [laster-wheel L, the edge ofwhich bears against the inside Vertical edge of the wrapper and depositsa line of paste thereon. I have not shown any means for distributing thepaste to the paster-wheel, as any of the various appliances adapted forsuch purpose may be employed. After the paste has been applied to thestanding edge of the wrapper, itis necessary to turn down the latteronto the inturned edge, and to this end I employ an inclinedfolding-wheel M, having a groove m at its periphery, which as it meetsthe standing edge of the paper folds the latter down onto the inturnededge and finally presses it in a curved shape upon the said edge andinto close contact therewith, after which the cigarette-rod iscarriedbeneath the overhan ging projection G, Fig. 12, which holds thepasted edges together until the paste sets and they are caused toadhere.

As the filler during the above-described operations lies in the deepestpart of the groove of the band 13, the folding-wheels in order that theycan act upon the tobacco are inclined so that their operating edges willextend into the groove in the band, and it will be seen that in order tooccupy these positions the bars J J are necessarily cut away beneath thesaid wheels to receive the same.

While also I have described the compressing and condensing devices asconsisting of certain wheels, it will be evident that the wheels may bedifferently arranged-as, for instance, there may be a greater or lessnumber of wheels and they maybe arranged at different angles.

It is preferable to impart positive driving movements to the variouswheels described, and this may bo done in any suitable manner. Forinstance, the shafts of the wheels may have grooved pulleys to receivedrivingbelts to which motion is imparted from driving-pulleys, or gearsmay be used instead of pulleys and belts in a manner too evident to needdescription.

I have referred to the wheel F as having a flat face, and While thisface may be perfectly plain I preferably `groove or corrugate the sametransversely, so as to take a better hold on the tobacco and hold itdownward, and for the same reason I prefer to provide the wheel withinclined side faces a fn, also grooved or corrugated, as shown in Fig.13.

It will be seen that the plates 4 4, which overhang the edges of thepaper strip, not only prevent the tobacco from being brought intocontact with the inclined faces of the band,but also preventit fromWorking in between the band B and the paper.

lVithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown, I claim as my invention- 1. The combination in a cigarettemachine, of a continuous traveling band having a longitudinal groove,means for supplying a wrapper strip to the groove, and pairs ofoppositely inclined wheels with their edges projecting into said groove,the wheels of the first pair being arranged to act upon opposite sidesof the tobacco to collect it, while the wheels of the last pair, withthe band, give the tobacco its final compression, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination in a cigarette machine, of a continuous travelingband having a longitudinal groove, means for supplying a wrapper stripto the groove, and pairs of oppositely arranged wheels with their edgesprojectinginto said groove, the wheels of the first pair being arrangedto act upon opposite sides of the tobacco to collect it into a row ofuniform width, while the wheels of the last pair,

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with the band, condense the tobacco to a greater extent than the size ofthe finished the tobacco upon the strip between the edges of the plates,substantially as described.

4. The combination with the grooved traveling band, and means forfeedinga Wrapper strip thereto, of inclined wheels G, G, having beveledfaces b, vertical and parallel to each other at the point of closestproximity, and separated and arranged to act upon opposite sides of thetobacco to collect it into a row of uniform width in the groove of saidband, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the traveling band havingv a permanently formedgroove with flaring sides and an intermediate rounded portion, ofinclined Wheels G, G, having bev'- eled faces b, b, vertical andparallel to each vother at the point of closest proximity, and

separated and arranged to act on opposite sides of the tobacco tocollect it into a row of uniform Width within said groove, and averticalcompressor wheel H having a peripheral groove forming a circle with saidrounded portion of the band, said wheel H being in rear of the wheels G,G, substantially vas'described.

6. The combination in a cigarette machine of a traveling band having apermanently formed longitudinal groove with flaring sides and anintermediate rounded or curved portion, and vertical and oppositelyinclined compressin g wheels working in said groove in connectiontherewith to condense and mold the cigarette, substantially as setforth.

7. The combination with the traveling band having a longitudinal groovewith flaring faces and an intermediate rounded or curved portion, of avertical wheel F above the band, two inclined wheels G, G, with beveledfaces l), b, operating in the groove a vertical compressor wheel H, andtwo inclined wheels I, I, in rear of said wheel H, and provided withedge grooves e, e, substantially as described.

8. The combination with the traveling band `having a longitudinal groovewith flaring faces, of the plates 4,4, extending into the grooveparallel with said faces, avertical Wheel F, two inclined wheels G, G,having beveled faces b, b, parallel to each other at the point ofclosest proximity and adapted to act on opposite sides of the tobacco, avertical compressor wheel H, two inclined final compressor Wheels I, I,in rear of wheel H, and having edge grooves c, e, and means forpositively driving said Wheels, substantially as described.

9. The combination with the continuous grooved band of stationary barsextending into the groove of said band and having proj ections 6, 7, andfolder wheels extending into said groove from opposite sides of theband, and arranged respectively in advance of said projectionsubstantially as set forth. t

l0. The combination of a traveling band having a groove with iiaringsides, means for feeding a wrapper strip to the said groove, and avertical wheel F having a transversely corrugated face a arranged tocompress the tobacco in the strip, and corrugated inclined side faces n,fn., substantially as set forth.

1l. The combination with the continuous grooved band, of the bar Jhaving a vertical face w, the bar J provided with the projection 7, afolder wheel in advance of said projection, a paster in rear thereof andopposite said vertical face,a second folder wheel, in rear of thepaster, and a projection 6 supported by the bar J in rear of the secondfolder wheel, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with the continuous grooved band, and means forfeeding a wrapa per strip thereto, of the barJ at one side of the bandand provided with a vertical face w, the bar J at the opposite side ofthe band, the projection 7 upon said latter bar, the folder wheel inadvance of said projection, the pastor in rear thereof, a second folderwheel in rear of the paster, and the projection 6 in rear of the latterfolder'wheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribin g witnesses.

BERNHARD BARON.

Witnesses:y

A. E. T. HANsMANN, W. CLARENCE DUvALL.

